KR101148230B1 - Pillow For Inducing Sleep - Google Patents

Abstract

The sleep induction pillow according to the present invention includes an oscillating part inserted into the pillow to vibrate the pillow to stimulate the tactile sense, a light source installed at the upper edge of the pillow and scanning light toward the ceiling, and a sound source reproducing part to reproduce the stored sound source. Bone conduction speaker unit for transmitting sound through the vibration of the electrical signal output from the sound source playback unit, the fragrance sprayer spraying the fragrance at a set time, the vibration unit, the light source, the sound source regeneration unit, the fragrance sprayer can be operated at a set time And an input unit for selecting a stimulus for at least one of a tactile sense, a visual sense, an auditory sense, and an olfactory stimulated by the vibrator, the light source, the bone density speaker unit, and the fragrance sprayer.
According to the present invention, the visual, auditory, tactile and olfactory senses are comprehensively stimulated to achieve a comfortable sleep regardless of the user's sensitivity.

Description

Sleep For Inducing Sleep {Pillow For Inducing Sleep}

The present invention relates to a pillow that induces sleep, and relates to a sleep induction pillow that stimulates vision, hearing, smell and tactile sense to reach a comfortable sleep.

Generally, the main function of the pillow is to fill a cushion made of cotton or other chemical fibers, etc. in order to protect the head and give comfort during sleep.

Modern people who are unable to sleep properly due to excessive stress are increasing. Insomnia is now a disease of life. Insomnia is not a disease found only in adults, and recently, many children and adolescents have found insomnia.

According to a recent sleep medicine report, studies have shown that enough sleep improves growth development and learning ability, and sleep has a significant effect on the health and longevity of the human body.

Recognizing the importance of this sleep, various attempts have been made to allow the pillow to sleep well beyond the function of the headrest during sleep. For example, Utility Model Registration No. 20-0194426 and Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2003-169736 have a motor and a driving circuit for providing vibration in the pillow to induce sleep by vibration, and a bone conduction vibrator is attached to the pillow. The present invention discloses a pillow that induces sleep by stimulating hearing by studying the mat.

The pillows that induce sleep described are designed to stimulate one's senses to help sleep, but the sensitive senses differ from person to person, and those who have any sense of abnormality such as hearing impaired or sinusitis patients have no sleep. There is a disadvantage in that the induction effect is not exhibited.

Therefore, the present invention does not rely on any one of the senses in order to solve the above problems, it is possible to induce a comfortable deep sleep irrespective of the constitution or characteristics of a person by comprehensively stimulating vision, hearing, touch and smell The purpose is to provide a sleep induction pillow.

The sleep induction pillow according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the vibration part is inserted into the pillow to vibrate the pillow to stimulate the tactile sense, the light source is installed on the upper edge of the pillow to scan light toward the ceiling, the stored sound source Sound source reproducing unit for reproducing, bone conduction speaker unit for delivering sound through vibration of the electrical signal output from the sound source reproducing unit, fragrance injector spraying fragrance at a set time, the vibrating unit, light source, sound source reproducing unit, fragrance injector Is configured to include a control unit for controlling to operate at a set time and an input unit for selecting one or more of the senses of touch, sight, hearing and smell stimulated by the vibrator, the light source, the bone conduction speaker unit and the fragrance sprayer. It is characterized by.

In this case, the bone conduction speaker unit may be configured to include a buffer and a vibration transducer.

The vibration unit may include a motor driver and a vibration motor for controlling the motor by transmitting a signal output from the control unit to the vibration motor, and the light source may be a laser pointer.

The display apparatus may further include a display unit configured to display a sensory sensory selected to be stimulated by the input unit and a sensory sensory being stimulated.

The fragrance injector may include a motor controlled by a control unit, an eccentric cam arranged on an axis of the motor, and a fragrance can for spraying incense to an injection hole by pressing an injection button by the eccentric cam. You can do

According to the present invention, by stimulating all the senses except the taste of the five senses of the person to reach the sleep, to reach a comfortable sleep regardless of the constitution, such as the degree of sensitivity to the human senses.

In particular, even those with hearing impairment, sinusitis, and tactile sensitivities, or those with low sensitivity, can provide sensitive sleep induction programs tailored to their physical characteristics. There are advantages to it.

1 is an exploded perspective view of the sleep induction pillow according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the combined sleep induction pillow according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of each sensory stimulation unit installed in the sleep induction pillow according to the present invention to stimulate the senses.
4 is a block diagram of a sleep induction pillow according to the present invention.
5 is an exemplary view showing an input unit and a display unit of the sleep induction pillow according to the present invention.
Figure 6 is a view showing an embodiment of a vibration motor control signal of the sleep induction pillow according to the present invention.
7 is a view showing an embodiment of a vibration pattern of the sleep induction pillow according to the present invention.
Figure 8 is a view showing an embodiment of the fragrance sprayer of the sleep induction pillow according to the present invention.

The terms or words used in this specification and claims are not to be construed as limiting in their usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventors may appropriately define the concepts of terms in order to best describe their invention. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention on the basis of the principle of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a sleep induction pillow according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a combined perspective view showing an embodiment of a sleep induction pillow according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a sleep induction pillow according to the present invention It is a block diagram which shows one Example of.

1 and 2, the sleep induction pillow according to the present invention, the vibration part 30 is inserted into the pillow to vibrate the pillow to stimulate the tactile sense, installed on the upper edge of the pillow and injects light toward the ceiling The light source 40, the sound source playback unit 20 for reproducing the stored sound source, the bone conduction speaker unit 60 for transmitting sound through the vibration of the electrical signal output from the sound source playback unit, spraying the fragrance at a set time Fragrance sprayer 50, the vibrator 30, the light source 40, the sound source reproducing unit 20, the control unit 10 for controlling the fragrance sprayer 50 to operate at a set time and the vibrator 30 ), A light source 40, a bone density speaker unit 60, and an input unit 11 for selecting one or more of the senses of touch, sight, hearing, and smell stimulated by the fragrance sprayer 50. do.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the sleep induction pillow 1 according to the present invention includes a laser pointer 40 for stimulating vision and a bone conduction speaker unit 60 for stimulating hearing, and a vibrator 30 for stimulating tactile sensation. ) Are respectively seated in the receiving portions formed on the upper part of the pillow. The bone conduction speaker unit 60 and the vibration unit 30 may be completely interpolated so as not to be seen inside the pillow, but should be designed to sufficiently transmit tactile sense and hearing through the pillow.

The light source 40 is preferably installed at the top or side of the edge of the pillow, the laser pointer 40 having the property that the light is not dispersed is most preferred. The laser pointer 40 scans the laser toward the ceiling according to the control signal of the controller 10. The direction in which the laser is scanned is most preferably scanned so that the line of sight is directed to about 15 degrees at the top while the person is lying down.

The bone conduction speaker unit 60 may be configured to include a buffer 61 and the vibration transducer (62, 63). When the sound source is reproduced by the MP3 reproducing unit and the control signal is output by the control unit 10 to the buffer 61, the driving signal is transmitted from the buffer 61 to the vibration transducers 62 and 63, and the vibration transducer ( 62, 63) vibrate to transmit sound. In general, the sound is transmitted to the brain through the auditory nerve by vibrating the eardrum inside the ear, but when the head bone is vibrated, the cleaning bones inside the ear vibrate and are transmitted to the brain through the auditory nerve. Since the bone conduction speaker 60 is widely used as a device for the hearing impaired, its structure is not described in detail. The MP3 player 20 may be provided with a USB connector 70, and the battery 80 and the power supply unit 90 may be coupled to each other. In addition, the flash memory 21 may be coupled to store a sound source reproduced by the MP3 player 20.

The vibration unit 30 is configured to include a motor driver 33 and a vibration motor (31, 32) for controlling the motor by transmitting a signal output from the control unit to the vibration motor (31, 32), the light source ( 40 may be a laser pointer 40. In order to drive the vibration motors 31 and 32 in a desired direction and speed, a motor driver 33 which receives the control signal from the control unit 10 and drives the vibration motors 31 and 32 is required. 5 is a vibration control signal generated by the control unit, Figure 6 is a view showing the intensity of the voltage supplied to the vibration motor from the motor driver. 5 to 6, the degree of vibration can be controlled by adjusting the intensity of the voltage supplied by the controller, and the vibration period is mainly about 8 to 12 Hz, which is the vibration period of the alpha wave, and the vibration period of theta wave. It is adjusted according to the state of sleep at a period of about 4 to 8 Hz.

Referring to FIG. 5, the input unit 11 includes buttons 104 to 109 for driving each sense, and the sensory stimulators 30, 40, 50, and 60 for stimulating each sense are set. It may be configured to include buttons (101 to 103) to operate in conjunction with the program. The input unit 11 is most preferably in the form of a remote controller that can wirelessly send a signal to the control unit 10, the display unit 12 for displaying a sense selected and stimulated to be stimulated by the input unit on the remote controller It is preferably configured to further include. The display unit 12 may select a shape such as a light emitting diode (LED) 200 or a liquid crystal display unit, and the display unit 12 may be configured to display a sense selected to be stimulated by the input unit 11 and a sense being stimulated.

Referring to FIG. 8, the fragrance injector 50 includes a motor controlled by the controller 10, an eccentric cam 300 built in the motor shaft 031, and the eccentric cam 300. The injection button 302 may be characterized in that it comprises a fragrance can 304 is pressed to inject the fragrance to the injection port (303). Looking at the operating principle of the fragrance injector 50, the eccentric cam 300 is coupled to the rotating shaft 301 of the motor controlled by the control unit, by the eccentric cam 300 in accordance with the rotation of the motor of the fragrance injector 50 The injection button 302 is pressurized, and the gaseous flavor product stored at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure is discharged through the injection hole 303. The fragrance to be used may be selected and used among those commonly known to help sleep, and it is most preferable to use an aroma.

A person does not reach a state of sleep immediately, but goes through several stages to a state of sleep, and at each stage, the wave in which the brain operates is changed. Once you get to sleep, your sleep is kept in a repetitive state. Electroencephalogram is the recording of minute electric waves (current) caused by the activity of the brain, and the types are classified according to frequency and amplitude. Frequency is a unit of frequency, which moves up and down in a vibrational motion. The number of times a repetitive motion occurs per second is expressed in hertz (Hz). Generation of EEG according to the stage of sleep is as follows.

* Awakening and diastolic EEG

The brain wave that occurs in the awakening period is commonly called beta (β) wave and the frequency is high, 15 ~ 20Hz. When you go to bed, when your body relaxes and starts to become sleepy, the brain waves are slightly lowered in frequency, resulting in an alpha (α) wave of 8-12 Hz, but the alpha waves are still awake.

* Sleep stage 1

After a few minutes in the alpha wave phase, the breathing is stabilized and slowed down, and the brain wave becomes even slower and enters the first stage of sleep, where the brain wave becomes theta wave of 4-8 Hz. The first stage of sleep, with a stable pulse and regular breathing, is a transitional stage of sleep, which is not yet a complete sleep, but it is not awake. It lasts about 10 seconds to 10 minutes.

* Sleep stage 2

In the second stage of sleep, K-complex waves are added to theta waves at 4 to 8 Hz. The K-complex wave is a single wave of high amplitude and a surface spindle. Sleep spindles are recorded at 12 to 14 Hz, and the shape of brain waves is similar to that of loom spindles. If you wake up in sleep stage 2, you will most likely be sleeping, and the duration lasts 10-20 minutes.

* 3 levels of sleep

After 20-30 minutes of sleep, three stages of sleep begin, and not only theta waves, but also delta waves below 4 Hz appear. In the third stage of sleep, the delta (δ) of the total brain waves occupy about 20 to 50%.

* 4 levels of sleep

If the ratio of delta (δ) wave is increased after 3 levels of sleep, it enters 4 levels of sleep. In the fourth stage of sleep, delta waves account for more than 50%, and during deep sleep, the frequency of delta waves decreases by 0.5-2 Hz. Because of the deep sleep, it is very difficult for a child to wake up at this stage.

* Slow wave or delta (δ) sleep

In general, sleep in the 3rd and 4th stages is mixed together, and because of the slow frequency of delta waves, many of these stages are collectively called slow wave, delta sleep or deep sleep. Slow wave sleep lasts 30-40 minutes.

* Completion of the first sleep cycle

After the slow wave sleep, the sleep stage returns to step 3 stage 2 again. After going back to Stage 2, Stage 1 does not reappear, but appears as REM sleep. Sleep 1st -2nd -3rd -4th -3rd -2nd stage completes the first cycle of sleep, and this process takes about 90-100 minutes.

REM sleep

Sleep after the first cycle of sleep is REM sleep, not stage 1 sleep. The brain waves of REM sleep appear as a mixture of alpha (α) waves and theta (θ) waves, sometimes beta (β). Alpha and beta waves are frequencies that occur when the brain is awake, but the brain is asleep. REM sleep is also called paradoxical sleep. The first REM sleep lasts 1 to 10 minutes. REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement, which causes characteristic eye movements during REM sleep. Those who do not see since birth do not have a visual dream but also show rapid eye movements. Thus, eye movement does not appear to occur because the eye is chasing the dream image. The motion of chasing the dream image into the eye and the contraction of the facial muscles by the trigeminal nerve (which is responsible for the perception and movement of the head) seem to move the eyes.

* Second sleep cycle

After REM sleep, sleep stages 2, 3, 4, and sleep stages 3 and 2 occur in turn, and go back to REM sleep. REM sleep after the first sleep cycle-sleep stage 2-stage 3-stage 4-stage 3-stage 2 is the second sleep cycle, this cycle is repeated in subsequent sleep. The migration period takes about 80-100 minutes.

Sleep cycle repetition

If you look at the average sleep time of about 90 minutes, if you sleep 6 hours, the entire sleep cycle is repeated 4 times, and if you sleep 8 hours, 5 sleep cycles are repeated. Non-REM sleep or non-REM sleep is referred to as sleep, 1,2,3, and 4 stages except REM sleep. (Source: EEG and sleep cycle, author: Dongju)

As described above, the human sleep reaches a deep sleep state through the steps, and the present invention is deeply involved in the diastolic stage and the first to second stages of sleep during the steps leading to the above sleep. In these stages, the brain waves can be stimulated in various forms to change the state of the beta wave, which is high in arousal state, to an alpha wave that is high in the early stage of sleep, and theta wave, which is high in sleep. The type of sensation selected to be stimulated according to the characteristics of the person, the time at which the stimulus occurs, the size of the stimulus, etc. may be set differently.

Looking at an embodiment of a program that the senses are stimulated to induce a good night's sleep.

* Alpha phase

1. Induce the attention of the laser light to the ceiling so that the gaze stares at the top about 15 degrees in the lying position for about 1 to 2 minutes.

2. Concentrates on hearing for about 8 minutes with various natural sounds (low-frequency sounds such as waves) that are known to be useful for brain waves to become alpha waves.

3. By vibrating part 30 generates fine vibration on the pillow for about 3 minutes to induce concentration in the sense of touch.

4. Spray the aroma fragrance and concentrate on the fragrance for about 2 minutes.

5. Relaxes from the soles of the feet to the head in a coded language that allows the body to relax.

* Theta wave stage

6. Vibration of 4 to 8 Hz, while at the same time imaging a good night's sleep.

7. Activate theta wave through language coding counting numbers from 100 to 1.

The program that stimulates the sensation by interlocking the sensations during the process of sleep can be programmed in various forms, and according to the person, find a process to sleep well and save the program suitable for the characteristics of the person to sleep. Depending on the poetry program, the senses can be stimulated.

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11 input unit
12: display unit
20: sound source playback unit
30: vibrating part
31, 32: vibration motor
33: motor driver
40: laser pointer
50: fragrance sprayer
60: bone conduction speaker unit

Claims (5)

Vibration portion is inserted into the pillow to vibrate the pillow to stimulate the sense of touch;
A light source installed at the upper edge of the pillow and scanning light toward the ceiling;
A sound source playback unit for playing the stored sound source;
A bone conduction speaker unit for transmitting sound through vibration of an electrical signal output from the sound source reproducing unit;
A fragrance injector for injecting incense at a set time;
A control unit for controlling the vibration unit, the light source, the sound source reproducing unit, and the fragrance sprayer to operate at a set time;
And an input unit configured to select one or more of the senses of touch, sight, hearing, and smell stimulated by the vibrator, the light source, the bone conduction speaker unit, and the fragrance injector. The method of claim 1,
The bone conduction speaker unit, sleep induction pillow comprising a buffer and a vibration transducer. The method of claim 1,
The vibration unit is configured to include a motor driver and a vibration motor for controlling the motor by transmitting a signal output from the control unit to the vibration motor, the light source is a sleep pointer, characterized in that the laser pointer. The method of claim 1,
And a display unit for displaying the sensory sensory sensed and the sensory sensory stimulus selected to be stimulated by the input unit. The method of claim 1,
The fragrance injector is characterized in that it comprises a motor controlled by the control unit, an eccentric cam arranged on the shaft of the motor, and the fragrance can press the injection button is pressed by the eccentric cam to spray incense to the injection port Sleep induction pillow.

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